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Just two superintendents have been in their position for 10 or more years — Spring Lake’s Dennis Furton (13 years) and Hamilton’s David Tebo (10.5 years).  With so many seasoned leaders exiting the room, how might that affect the educational landscape in Ottawa County? “Education is losing a number of champions,” Tebo said. “There’s so much institutional knowledge that’s leaving our community right now. Some of the best educational leaders I’ve ever worked with are stepping a...

Sentinel Staff SAUGATUCK — A longtime Saugatuck Public Schools employee was recently recognized with a statewide honor.  Liz Wilson was named the 2021 Administrative Assistant of the Year by the Michigan Interscholastic Athletic Administration Association (MIAAA). Wilson has been the athletic administrative assistant at SPS for the last 28 years.  She is also the schools pupil accounting director, substitute teacher coordinator and has been a game manager for various athletic events. Wilson...

Life after COVID: What will school look like post-pandemic? Local education leaders discuss what long-term affects COVID-19 could have on K-12 education. Mitchell Boatman, The Holland Sentinel Published 11:10 am UTC Apr. 8, 2021 The past year of education has been a constant wave of change, adjustments and uncertainty. Students were thrust into remote learning to close the 2019-20 school year due to COVID-19, before having to decide whether or not to return for the 2020-21 school year.  School...

SAUGATUCK — Renovations approved in a 2020 bond effort are set to begin soon for Saugatuck Public Schools.  Voters approved a 1.6 mill, $35.6 million bond proposal March 10, 2020, to provide renovations at Douglas Elementary School and Saugatuck Middle/High School.  The first project to get underway will be renovations at DES, which are scheduled to begin April 2, when the district begins spring break.  Bids for that project were approved by the SPS Board of Education during its Feb. 1 wor...

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New Mascot Approved By Saugatuck School Board After it was announced in July 2020 that the Indians nickname will be retired following the school year, the Saugatuck Public Schools board unanimously approved the new mascot on February 22 nd to become the Trailblazers. The process of deciding the new name took seven months and over 250 entries were submitted from students and the community. The Mascot Development Committee, comprised of students, administration, faculty and community members, n...

The district will retain the iconic royal blue & orange school colors.

At a Saugatuck Public Schools Board of Education meeting, a new mascot was selected. The SPS Mascot Development Committee is changing the school mascot from Indians to Trailblazers.

DOUGLAS — Saugatuck Public Schools, the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Holland and the Rotary Club of Saugatuck-Douglas have partnered to provide after school programming to students at Douglas Elementary School.The partnership has been in the making since 2019 and in-person programming was able to begin the week of Jan. 25."Our first on-site programming happened this week," said Craig Spoelhof, executive director of B&GC of Greater Holland."We’re bringing some of the sa...

Saugatuck Schools Closes In On New Mascot Another West Michigan school district is in the process of changing the name of their mascot after it will formally be retired at the end of 2020. Saugatuck Public Schools announced in July and later approved by the school board in August to retire their current Indians mascot. Since then, the small Allegan County community, along with neighboring Douglas, has been working to determine the new name of their athletic teams. th, Saugatuck Superintendent D...